Not trying to insult you, but from the questions you have been asking you have very little mechanical experience. Brakes are not something to be taken lightly. Have the truck towed to a repair shop and have the line replaced by a professional. It should not be too expensive. Like a previous poster stated a replacement line form the dealer is only 27 dollars. It might take 2 hours labor. Maybe $200 at most. And you will not have to worry about wether it is done correctly.

 

I'm thinking seriously about doing that. I have a decent idea how they work as I've done several sets of rotors, pads, calibers, etc and bleed quite a few brakes. I've also done master cylinders, calibers, and line on motorcycles but never on trucks. The thing I have no idea about is splicing into a line and re running it some other way. I've never cut and reconnected a brake line.

 

It's calipers, damn it! Calibers refers to the size of a bullet.

 

Or a small Dodge hatchback

 

There are "unions" that are used to mate sections of fuel line.
You have to flare both cut ends, one gets a male, one gets a female and presto, screw em together and they are joined as one.
Just make sure you get the proper sized union for the line you use.
Yes, you'll need a flaring tool - Flaring is simple, you can teach a 4 year old how to flare like a pro in about 12 seconds.
Bender you can do without, but they are so cheap it wouldn't hurt to try one ... If only to use the grooved wheel to start the bends, the majority can be done with thumb pressure.

There are screw in clips that attack the line to the frame, old ones can be reused.
Most lines, assuming they are stock, are 1 piece.
Unless you custom order the line, you'll need 2 lines, a union, and you can reuse the end connectors.

Its best to start from the front, the section that has all the bends worth speaking of.
It will probably terminate before the gas tank, if it doesn't you'll have to cut it there, or drop the tank.

Cuttings much easier, but chances are it will be fine as is.
Then run the other line from the back and mark where you'll have to cut, keeping in mind theres not much margin for error.
Cut it too short and the line is useless, you'll have to get another.
Too long is fine, you'll just have to trim it to just the right size to properly mate with the other line.

Flaring tool kits include a tube cutter, which makes it simple to cut the lines.

 

Well, I'm getting it fixed at a shop. I had one look at it and they told me around $120 to fix it so I told them to go ahead. Not worth me getting under there to fix it and having to buy tools for that price.

 

Well, you could have gotten everything that you need for half the price, but $120 ain't bad, specially if you would have had to work outdoors in the cold.

I like doing what I can myself not only to save $$, but to make sure it is done right.
Not only that, once you buy the tools for a job, they are yours forever, for future jobs.
Can't exactly look at it as a 1 time investment.
If you ever have to do a gas line on a dryer or stove, you'll need a flaring kit.
You need to replace a fuel line, you'll need a bender.
Of course, you already know that, and I agree that you shouldn't mess with anything mechanical if you aren't confident in your ability to do it right ,,, But I think you psyched yourself out of this one, really not too much involved.

The competance of unknown mechanics can't be assumed, I'd get under there when you get it back and take a look and make sure everything is tight, and that no part of the new line is rubbing against the frame.
Make sure the system is topped off with new fluid, and if they feel in the least spongy, make sure they are properly bled.

 

Well, ended up being closer to $150 than the $120 they had told me they thought it would be. Oh well, I paid it. I know I could have done it a lot cheaper but it's been freezing cold "literally freezing" and I would have had to have done it outside or in the garage with the garage door open since the truck wont fit in there.

On this job it's not that I didn't think I could do it. I'm 100% positive I could have done it. The thing is I just didn't want to do it. I'm so tired of working on vehicles it's not funny. Most people I've talked to don't seem to get where I'm coming from but I literally have gotten to the point I hate working on vehicles. I don't find it fun or even halfway like it. I've also got a list of other things the vehicles need that are just basic like oil changes. I probably should have done this myself but I was just so tired of messing with vehicles I didn't want to do it. Plus the freezing cold and not having the tools just gave me a few more excuses to take it somewhere.


As for the doing stuff yourself to save money and have stuff done right I agree with you there. It seems like every time I've taken something to a shop to have it done it's come back to where I'm not happy with the quality of work that was done. Does it work? Sure but it's usually no where near the quality I'd have liked it to be and they charge you an arm and a leg for it. That's why I do 99% of the stuff myself. I just was tired of working on vehicles and only have a couple days that I could have done it. I also didn't want to be in the middle of it and have to stop and then not have it for the next week or two in case we got any more snow. Thinking back on it tonight I do kind of wish I had just done it myself but oh well.

They ran it through the frame like the old one was but they just left the old one there and cut off. I had at first asked them to run it outside the frame but they told me he was afraid that it wouldn't be protected enough so I Told him just run it like it was. I thought running it like that they would have removed the old one but they didn't. Oh well.

I think I paid way too much as I could have done it myself a lot cheaper but like I said above I just didn't want to mess with this thing right now. If I had to do it again I'd probably have done it myself but right now I have other things I want to be doing than working on that.

 

I wouldn't have done it in the cold, unless my life depended on it.
Lots of folks post from FLA or out west.
I need to change my rotor and cap, no way I am going to do it until the temp reaches the upper 30's at least.

If you're burnt on wrenching, not much you can do about it.
Some do it out of necessity, they simply don't have the spare $$ to do otherwise.
I like saving the $$ of course, but I like doing anything possible myself that I can, I'm a tool junkie, and I basically enjoy wrenching, though like anything else it can get frustrating.

 

and its bumper, not bumber. i know you've noticed that one too.